Dawson Geophysical Company401(k)
DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY 401K PLAN · MIDLAND, TX · plan year 2023
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Dawson Geophysical Company reported $108,120 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.45% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,682 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.
Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.52%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 1,725th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 269th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2023, employees put in $1.42 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 186 to 239 since 2022.
Dawson Geophysical Company's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 742095844 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.